As Bill and I shook hands on the afternoon of March 11, 2014, his departing words to me were, “Don’t forget about the guy upstairs”. That was the last time I saw him. Bill Bock passed away on March 26 after his cardiac device malfunctioned.

“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”

The news of George’s passing knocked the wind out of me. We went to High School, College, worked, bowled, played cards, went to the gym, studied together … the list goes on and on. I had recently been thinking about him and was intending to get in contact with him since we have been out of touch over the last few years.

Another of life’s lessons re-learned, life is way too short. Don’t procrastinate when it comes to the ones that are important to you.